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Confessions of a Red Carpet Reporter
Ah, New York... Busy streets, trash on the sidewalks, and pollution in the air. These are things I push aside when I'm (quite literally) running to check in at my day job. Well, night job. Managing to...
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Why the Austin Film Festival Matters It's the season of big events here in Austin, Texas, bringing tens of thousands of people into town from across the globe. Some of those events--ACLFest and Formula...
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The Good Wife Recap: Pardon Our Dust in 'Trust Issues'
Note: Do not read on if you have not seen Season 6, Episode 2 of CBS's The Good Wife, titled "Trust Issues." Sorry for the tardiness on the recap, guys, but I was moving and trying to chew on Cary...
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"Left Behind" may be the most boring post-apocalyptic movie ever made. Only the irritatingly preachy messages delivered by wooden characters threaten to detract from the glacial speed with which the...
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Backstage Pass: Enjoy a Bit of Bradford Lee Folk Lore
Bradford Lee Folk was on a quest to quench his thirst. He needed a drink real bad, but it's not what one might think just another hard-working American musician not affiliated with Todd Snider's...
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Definitive Guide to DIY Film Festival Distribution: 10 Steps
Hanging out with Michael Gamilla, Pat Dwyer, and Aaron Tone at the Rochester Film Festival I was at a San Francisco Film Society party last night speaking to someone who had just had to do a festival...
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I'm waking up -- very much alone -- after a night involving complimentary Jameson drinks at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, a former Miss Universe contestant and several listens to Bob Dylan's sprawling...
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Lorde: New Zealand's Young, Feminist, Cultural Ambassador
There is an air of palpable excitement in the 4,500-capacity performance venue The Joint at the Hard Rock Casino in Las Vegas. The large standing-room area is solid with people, and when the muted...
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The stem-cell disgrace of Korean cloning fraudster Hwang Woo-suk has now inspired a movie. Whistle Blower opened in Korea this week. Names have been changed, and it's presented as fiction, but no one...
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Greg Walloch, the Gay Comedian with Cerebral Palsy, Talks About Howard Stern
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Julian and Kelly McMahon on Parenting and Their App for Kids Encouraging...
On one hand, Julian and Kelly McMahon are a Hollywood glamour couple, on the other, they are a couple concerned with finding the best ways to parent. Julian, from Charmed, Nip/Tuck and Fantastic Four...
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What The 'Father Of 34' Story Is Really About
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Note: Do not read on if you have not seen Season 11, Episode 2 of ABC's "Grey's Anatomy," titled "Puzzle With a Piece Missing" Maggie Pierce is having a no good, horrible, very bad day. She's lonely...
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Everybody's got their personal list of great movies, and I'm no exception, although I confess to being a bit more of a nitpicker than most. For example, although I love "revenge" films, I don't...
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View ArticleNew York Film Festival 2014 #4: PTA's 'Inherent Vice' Stumbles In
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Ryan Murphy is afraid we'll all tune out season four of American Horror Story. Its just going to be "too scary" for us, he recently said. He's not really afraid of this. What better way for a...
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Stage Alchemy, Brilliant as Stars
Alex Sharp in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. Photo: Joan Marcus There are plays that entertain, plays that illuminate, and plays that bring us to an exalted new place. The Curious...
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